Stacking plastic buckets - how high?

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Sutty

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I use 10 litre plastic buckets which end up with 10-14Kg of honey in each.
I'm a bit wary of stacking them too high in case the bottom one can't take the weight, so try to stick to only two high but it takes a lot of floor space.
Has anyone had a problem with stacking higher?
 
I use 10 litre plastic buckets which end up with 10-14Kg of honey in each.
I'm a bit wary of stacking them too high in case the bottom one can't take the weight, so try to stick to only two high but it takes a lot of floor space.
Has anyone had a problem with stacking higher?
I put old shelves between them to spread the load
 
The standard 20L Plastic bucket is designed for stacking max three high but I push it to four without issue. The honey crystallises fairly rapidly so gives added stability.
 
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This is the info. sheet for the 10L ones I stock. They suggest on a pallet they can be four high with a weight equivalent to 42kg on the bottom bucket.

Obviously as plastic ages, this may decrease. Screenshot_20241001_182849_Drive.jpg
 
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This is the info. sheet for the 10L ones in stock. They suggest on a pallet they can be four high with a weight equivalent to 42kg on the bottom bucket.

Obviously as plastic ages, this may decrease. View attachment 41360
That's very helpful, thank you. I'd had a look for that sort of info unsuccessfully.
I'll probably stick to 3 high unless they aren't properly full 👍
 
Not come across any problems with the 11 lt tubs (30 lb) from F&H being stored at 5 or 6 high. Still got one stack from 2022 in pallet wrap. Others from this time used without any visible signs of any issues to contents
 

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